寄居蟹

Chinese

		to live away from home	crab
trad. (寄居蟹)		寄居	蟹
simp. #(寄居蟹)		寄居	蟹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìjūxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ geoi¹ haai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìjūxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìjyusiè
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chü¹-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: jì-jyū-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjiushieh
    • Palladius: цзицзюйсе (cziczjujse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ geoi¹ haai⁵
    • Yale: gei gēui háaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ goey¹ haai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ gêu¹ hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵ haːi̯¹³/

Noun

寄居蟹

1. hermit crab

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寄居蟹 (“hermit crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		寄居蟹, 寄居蝦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	寄居蟹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	寄居蟹, 寄生蟹
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	石螺仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	痟查某仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	寄居蟹
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	搭生
Southern Min	Zhao'an	寄生仔
	Taipei	寄生
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	寄生仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	寄生仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	寄生仔
	Kaohsiung	寄生仔, 哈螺
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	寄生仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	雷公螺
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蟧蜈蟳仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	寄生仔
	Yilan	漿寄生
	Yilan (Luodong)	漿寄生仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	寄生仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	寄生
	Changhua (Yongjing)	寄生仔
	Tainan	寄生仔, 螺仔鬼
	Tainan (Anping)	寄生
	Hsinchu	寄生仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	寄生
	Kinmen	寄仔生, 寄生
	Penghu (Magong)	寄生
	Penghu (Xiyu)	寄生
Wu	Wenzhou	蟹螺